W A Leffon for the LADIES. HEN deceitful lovers lay At thy feet their fuppliant hearts, When they with the choiceft wealth When with poems they invade thee, When they weep, or wou'd perfuade thee, Let no tears or off'rings move thee, Guard thy unrelenting mind; A A King at ARMS Difarm'd at LAW. Occafion'd by A late TRIAL at Guild-hall. YE 'em, Who with paffion engage, and without reafon leave 'em, Derry down, &c. Crefts, motto's, supporters, and bearings knew he, And deeply was ftudied in old pedigree; He wou'd fit a whole ev'ning, and not without rapture, Tell who begot whom, to the end of the chapter. Derry down, &c. In forming his tables, nought griev'd him, but folely, That this man died cœlebs, and that fine prole: At laft, having trac'd others families down, He began to have thoughts of increafing his own. Derry down, &c. A damfel he chofe, not too flow of belief, And fain wou'd be deem'd her admirer in chief: He blazon'd his fuit, and the sum of his tale, Was, his field and her field, join'd party per pale. VOL. IV. G Derry down, &c. In In diff'rent ftile, to tie fafter the noose, He next wou'd attack her in foft billet-doux : Against fuch atchievements, what beauty cou'd fence? Or who wou'd have thought it was all but pretence? His pain to relieve, and fulfil his defire, The lady agreed to join hands with the 'squire. Derry down, &c. The 'fquire, in a fret, that the jeft went so far, Confider'd, with speed, how to put in a barr : His words bound him not, fince hers did not confine her; And that is plain law, because miss is a minor. Derry down, &c. Mifs briskly reply'd, that the law was too hard, If the who is minor, may not be a ward: In law then confiding, fhe took it upon her, By juftice to mend those foul breaches of honour. Derry down, &c. She handled him fo, that few wou'd (I warrant,) Have been in his coat, on fo fleeveless an errand: She made him give bond for ftamp'd argent and or; And fabled his field, with gules blazon'd before. Derry down, &c. Ye Ye heralds, produce, from the time of the Normans, In all your records, fuch a base non-performance: Or if without inftance the cafe is we touch on; Let this be fet down as a blot in his 'fcutcheon. Derry down, &c.. The TABLES Turn'd. UE to Calia for the favour, SUE Why fhou'd poor deluded man? As if he were fole receiver, And return'd no bliss again. Were not love condemn'd to blindness, Let us banish then the fashion, Since it is their inclination, Let 'em ask before they have.. To Mrs. M. H. On her working a Coat W in Silks. HEN Mira's hands her needle thread, To view a grove or flow'ry bed In Beneath her fnowy fingers rife !: every leaf fuch beauties dwell, So fair they fpread, fo full they bloom; Her skilful fingers far excell The painter's quill, or artift's loom. On the rich bed fresh rofes blown, The jasmine and the myrtle meet, And, as they mingle, feem to own More fair her cheek, her breath more fweet. That lilly from her hand fhe took, Which with the fnow in whitenefs vies.; That bright carnation from her look; That shining am'rant from her eyes. Thofe opening buds, but half reveal'd, Which boast their fweets and softness too. What |